"Second position."
Is that with the hammer all the way down on the firing pin stop or do you mean the half cock notch?
I know of one wounding when a gun owner thought that because his Star looked sort of like a 1911, it had an inertia firing pin. It did not, with the hammer all the way down, it was leaning on the firing pin against the primer. It did not take much to fire it into his foot.
Check your firing pin length.
A clothing swipe might conceivably knock the hammer out of the half cock notch far enough to release it and fire the gun.
Do not carry in half cock.
For greatest safety, carry with the chamber empty, magazine loaded; "condition 3." Good enough for the Army.
For fastest response, carry at full cock with the thumb safety on. A holster with safety strap between hammer and slide is an added layer of protection.
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